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witch doctor
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witch doctor
n. Anthropology
A sorcerer, prophet, or shamanistic healer, especially among African peoples. Not in scientific use.
witch doctor
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) Also called shaman medicine man a man in certain societies, esp preliterate ones, who appears to possess magical powers, used esp to cure sickness but also to harm people
2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a person who seeks out or hunts witches in some African tribal cultures
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Noun1.witch doctor - someone who is believed to heal through magical powerswitch doctor - someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
conjure man, conjurer, conjuror - a witch doctor who practices conjury
necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard, magician - one who practices magic or sorcery
witch doctor
noun shaman, healer, sangoma (S. African) He believed the village witch doctor had put a curse on him.
Translations
witch doctor n → stregone m
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A mob sought to attack nine people accused of acting as witch doctors in Sierra Leone as police arrested the suspects, who were linked to the deaths of young people, authorities and a witness said.
Mob tries to attack Sierra Leone 'witch doctors' by AFP / AFP Global Edition
But he insists they're nothing compared to the days when he had witch doctors cursing his players during the national anthem and scattering the bones of dead relatives in his goalmouths.
Make no bones about it .. derby will be like a tea party after witch ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
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